A wide range of Sheridan people, programs and events were featured in the media last month. For a recap of online coverage of Theatre Sheridan’s Brantwood: 1920-2020, check out this Storify. The following are some highlights of Sheridan ‘in the news’:
Source | Title | About |
Mississauga News / Waterloo Record | Sheridan finalizes and makes public new sexual assault policy | Sheridan made public its new stand-alone sexual assault policy and protocol on March 31, 2015. |
CTV News – Canada AM | Libby Norris | Libby Norris is Canada AM’s Fitness Expert and is also an Associate Instructor at Sheridan the Exercise Science and Health Promotion programs. |
Brampton Guardian | Cities ‘learn’ their lesson development | Jeff Zabudsky discusses the value that post-secondary institutions bring to urban areas like HMC in Mississauga. |
Kingston Heritage | Chilina Kennedy feels Carole King’s love | Sheridan Musical Theatre alumna Chilina Kennedy is performing on Broadway in Beautiful. |
Globe and Mail | It’s not about the money for condo developer brothers | Tariq Adi graduated from the Business Admin-Finance program at Sheridan in 2012. |
Toronto Star | Brantwood is a wild time-machine of a musical: review | Richard Ouzounian from The Toronto Star lauds Theatre Sheridan’s Brantwood: 1920-2020. |
Toronto Star | Sheridan couldn’t pass up Once-in-a-lifetime chance | Emily Lukasik is a fourth-year Musical Theatre student and spent the remainder of her final term on stage in Toronto in the Mirvish production of ‘Once’. |
Global News Toronto | High tech waiting room helps keep kids healthy (video) | Bachelor of Game Design students at Sheridan created interactive waiting room games for children at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. |
Etobicoke Guardian | Emerge Media Awards honour communication students for ‘outstanding work’ | Sheridan Journalism Broadcast students on in the Digital Design category for their project #WhatAreTheChances? |
Backbone Magazine | Sheridan Team takes first place in Microsoft Imagine Cup UX Challenge | A team from Sheridan’s Bachelor of Mobile Computing program won first place in Microsoft’s UX Challenge in the Innovation Path. |
Toronto Star | Filmmaker’s 15-year search for the mother she lost subject of Mom and Me | Lena Macdonald is a Sheridan Advanced TV & Film graduate and her documentary film premiered at Hot Docs 2015 in Toronto. |
Variety.com | Education Impact Report: 110 Students to Watch | Sheridan Animation student Pierre Vanderweerd is the only Canadian student to make this list. |
Financial Post | Tax credits a big part of why Big Viking Games chose Ontario over San Francisco, even if they aren’t perfect | One reason Big Vikings Games chose their location is because of the proximity to Sheridan College. The article references Sheridan as “arguably one of the top schools in the world for computer science and animation.” |
Burlington Post | Burlington’s Ladies at the Barre | Ladies at the Barre is a fitness/ballet program derived from a study organized by Sheridan’s Centre for Elder Research. |